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0. COLLINS. SHAKING APPARATUS.

No. 366,460. Patented July 12, 1887.

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NITED STATES CHARLES COLLINS, OF DOCTOR TO\VN, GEORGIA.

SHAKING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,460, dated July 12, 1867.

Application filed February 12, 1887. Serial No. 227,435.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES OoLLINs, of Doctor Town, in the county of \Vayne and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shakin g Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an. improved shaking apparatus for mixing fancy drinks--such as lemonades, punches, and the likeand seeks to provide an apparatus that will be ornamental and attractive in a bar-room or other place where it may be desired to dispense such drinks, and which will efficiently mix such drinks when properly operated.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view, part in section, of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the glass-carrier proper. Fig. 3 is a detached longitudinal section of a part of the apparatus. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the presser. Fig. 5 is adetail view of parts of the glass-carrier, the presser, and a cover for the glass, the glass being shown in position; and Fig. 6 is a detail view.

In my invention I seek to provide glass supports and means for reciprocating and rotating the same, together with an electric lamp or similar ornament and a non rotating support therefor.

In carrying out my invention I employ a suitable bench or frame, A, which may be the counter of a bar, and in it I form an opening, a, for the boss b on the bracket 13. This boss forms a bearing for the plungerrod O, which moves through it, and the boss extends above the bench, as shown. A suitable tray or drippan, D, surrounds the boss and is secured to it, usually by screws (1. Babbitt-metal linings are formed at l in the boss I), and also at 2 in the bearing 3 for shaft E,which has its crankpin 6 connected by pitman F with the jointpiece G, the pitman being pivoted atf to said joint-piece. This joint-piece has its upper end socketed to receive the lower end of the plunger-rod, which has an annular groove, 0, entered by one or more pins, 4., passed through the socket-piece, so the plunger-rod is held to the joint-piece, and yet can turn or rotate in dependently thereof. Thus the joint-piece,

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connected as described, forms practically a universal joint between the pitman and the plunger-rod.

The plunger rod has a spiralgroove, 0, formed in it, and a removable pin or stud, O, is threaded through the boss I) and enters the spiral groove, by which construction, when the parts are as shown in Fig. 3, the plungerrod is given a rotary motion as it is reciprocated.

The ornament support H is fitted within the tubular plungerrod and extends down into the joint piece G, being preferably threaded into a socket in said joint piece. The ornament I is preferably an incandescent electric lamp, and is mounted on the upper end of the support II. The wires i 73 lead down through this support H and out through an opening, 5, extending through the sides of support II and of jointpieee G. It will be noticed that by reason of the construction as described the ornament support is not given any rotary motion, but is simply reciprocated in the operation of the apparatus. On the plunger-rodl support theglass-carrier J, having sockets or receptacles j for the glasses K. The plunger-rod is extended above the carrier, the extension being preferably threaded at k to the main portion of the plunger-rod. The upper end of the rod is threaded at 6, and the screw L,having an internal thread, is screwed on said threaded end 6, and has its lower end formed with a groove, 7, to receive one or more flanged plates, 8, secured to thepresser M. This presser bears on the covers N of the glasses, and is adjusted down or up to clamp or release such covers, as may be desired. The presser, it will be seen, may, when released, be turned over or clear of covers N; and to enable it to be accurately stopped in both positions Iprovidc a stop pin, 9, on the plunger-- rod,which is engaged by shoulders on the presser, such shoulders being arrangedto abut the pin and stop the presser when properly over or clear of the covers. IVhen over the covers, the presser may be clamped down thereon by the screw L, as will be understood from Figs. 1 and 3.

In the upper end of the screw L, I form a depression or socket, Z, into which the electric lamp extends, so the joint between the rotating and non rotating parts of the device will not be prominent, and hardly noticeable.

The covers M have a ring, m, fixed to them and extended down below their mouths, such ring belng formed to fit within the mouth of the glass and steady the'cover imposition. This ring and the rim of the cover form between them a groove, m, in which a rubber or other suitable packing, m, is placed.

The operation will be readily understood. As the shaft is turned the plunger-rod will be reciprocated and rotated and the articles to be mixed will be agitated, as desired. When deslred, an electric, water, spring, or other motor may be connected to the shaft, to the end of driving the same; and to facilitate the I attachment of such motor I provide screws or bolts N on the bracket 13, adjacent the main shaft, as shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 1 I show at O the water-motor in position for driving the shafts, parts being brokcnaway, and in Fig. 6 is shown in detail the valve P, for regulating the flow of the water. On the arms of the presser I mount, form, orsecure knobs Q, to facilitate the manipulation of such presser, and on their under sides the arms have projections g, which may be extensions of the knobs, as shown. These projections enter recesses n in covers N, and

serve to secure such parts firmly in position.

Having thus described my invention, what -I claim as new ison said support, and the wires leading through the plunger and support to said lamp, sub stantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the tubular plunger, the jointpiece swiveled to said plunger, the ornament-support connected with the jointpiece, the wires leading through the jointpieceinto the ornament-support, and the ornament, substantially as set forth.

4.. The combination, in a shaking apparatus, of the boss or guide-tube, the plunger movable therethrough and having a spiral groove, and the removable pin or stud fitted to enter said groove, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the plunger-rod having threads and the glass-supports, of the presser and the presser-screw connected with the presser and threaded on the plunger, substantially as and for the purposesspeci'fied.

6. The combination of the plunger having a stop-pin, and the presser journaled on the plunger and having shoulders located on opposite sides of the stop-pin and arranged to stop the presser in its different positions, substantially as set forth.

' 7. The combination, with the plunger having a stop-pin, and the presser having shoulders arranged to engage said pin, of the clamp for securing saidpresser in its operative posi: tion, substantially as set forth. I

8. The combination, in a shaking apparatus, of the plunger-rod, aframe through which the said plunger-rod may be reciprocated, the lamp, and the wires leading to said lamp through the plunger-rod, substantially as set forth.

9. In ashaking apparatus, atubular plunger and a joint-piece swivcled thereto, combined with the ornament-support extended through the plunger and connected with the j oint-piece, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

10. In a shaking apparatus, the combination, with the plunger-rod and means for rotating the same, of an electric lamp and a non-rotating support therefor located partially within the plungerrod, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES COLLINS.

Vitnesses:

ELIAs 0. Four, 0. F. LITTLEFIELD. 

